Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 13, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 24 November 1921 — Page 2

OLDEST fLItfINQCITY

Roof of the “Straight" Street in Damascus.

(Prepared by the National Geographic Society. Washington. D. C.) When France obtained the mandate fur Syria after 'the World war, she -relb heir to what' is reputed to be,the oldest “living" city in the world— Damascus. Nearly 4,000 years ago the. writer of Genesis mentioned this old city,‘'"and spoke of it as a place of note, it existed wtiea the l’haraohs ruled over Kgypt; It probably saw Babylon rise, and cerutnly it- saw that proud city fall. And it has lived as other world-famous places about it have-passed uito oblivion or lost their glory; Me.mptus, Thebes. Nineveh. Sardis, Tyre. Sidon, Jerusalem, Susa, Ftdiesus a long procession of rnighfy ciiics. , Si mated at the head of Arabia, near the east end of the Mediterranean and ym the land route between Egypt and the rest of Africa on one hand! and Asia and Europe on the other, Damascus' occupied a position in which if could not avoid importance. YY’ith the establishment of Mohammedanism, it

took fin increased -importance as the assembling point for the final long -Tossing nf the desert sands ,to hoi}; Mecca. And’when it is added that the . city’ is"'encompassed by a fertile plain through which flows an ahundauce of water, Us early consequence, its vixiltv -and Its long life can easily he un : rierstnod. I: is set in the' oasis of oases, a grove more than .50 miles in ' -rroiiit-of - nut -and fruit* trees intersperKedi'with gardens of vegetables. - Jen vvoThi-T the -Bedouins. from tlu: sandy stretches ‘ of Arabia and Syria called It ‘.‘the pearl of the desert!" In recent times Damascus vyjs the second city In Turkey, being Surpassed In size and importance only by Constantinople. “Now,Alejipo, also in old Turkish-territory; and since the war, a part, too, of Crenel) Syria, has about overtaken _ Damascus in size. But Damascus' haary traditions will long give -it first place in the hearts of the East. C Fascination of Its Streets. I)amfkcus is the rendezvous, of peoples from alf parts of the’ Mohammedan world. One cannot he long on Its streets without being interested in the motley crowd of humanity that swarm through -them, and; Ln spite of creed and nationality, manage to beep sweet-tempered. The urban. Pathasoene rubs' against the swarthy, suieburnt soli of„ the desert -without even a word of scorn or anger; the Mohammedan shoulders the Jew as if they were .brothers in the faith; the spotless visitor fkmi the Occident-jnle-les the net-any-too-oleun peasant from the’ surrounding villages, while Persians. Moors, Afghans, - hfdinns;Egyptians, Sudanese, and others from many Paris ‘..f the globe hurry along; all intent on .something of importance that has brought them-to this metropolis of the Orient. On the streets are to be seen venders of almost every ruing under the stiri,. especially in {he way" of eatahle.s. ami,’ li) tin•# who arc- familiar with the value of the for salt tire Words .of the native- visitor are plain wtidn Tie informs -you . that "ill Damascus you can sup or breakfast ..for-.nothing,” because of the little cost-

of food. ' >t On the same -street.” within' a few yards of each other;, may he seen'.the vender of cucumbers with. Ids wares fresh from the garden, exposed or. a donkey's back (when the load was sold in pre-war .days, it -brought he- i tween 20 and 30 Cents); the-bread " sailer with his warm cakes of bread ~irf tray resting ©rt * -stand-ready’io. -supply the hungry with a good-sized for a cent, and the vender of milk, who for another cent will "give you a large basin of sweetened milk tfi— "a | "hyqiif'|nnf. At different seasons you' may faro well at little cost off melons, grapes, apricots; plums, peaches, apples, oranges; —figs, etc., all the products of the gar- " dens and orchards around the city: v Aii Due to the River BaraJaV But some will ask whence comes all this abundance, for in no other part of. Syria .or Palestine Is there such a . profusion of ' run and vegetables,*at such low prices! The cause is the

Rifles Doomed Sea Otter _;' .•% - - , ■ • - , When the natives of Alaska were given rifles, tpe sea otter’s fate, was sealed, for the noise of the surf and the distance from which the hunter could aim made it easy to kill them. Then It was only o question of waiting till the body was washed ashore. Long ago the natives caught them with nets of sinew spread on the kelp beds, for the otter would die of fright when caught, instead of gnawing out, as the

abundant water supply., provided by the ever-flowing and life-producing river Bnrada, the Abana of the Bible. ltising some miles northwest of ithe city, the river is conducted to ail parts of Damascus through thousands of channels. It Is also tapped to irrigate the gardens, orchards, and fleids outside the city that are constantly under cultivation to supply the needs Os the inhabitants. There are many pleasant spots by the * river's side, whither the Damascenes resort after the work and business of the day to pass an hour over the coffee cup or the ever-accep.f-abie water pipe as they talk over the news of the day or the doings of the outer world us revealed to them through the Arabic or Turkish papers. Would you investigate closer some of tiie most primitive and Interesting doings of the Damascene, turn aside to .the place where the famous Damascus curtains are made, and there in semidarkness you will find dozens of lads and men engaged in weaving these requisites of the home on the most primitive of looms, ahd yet they itre -able to produce an article that will compete with ’Anything from the most .complete and " up-to-date factory in Europe. Or, wotilt) you see how thousands of bushels of flour and measures-of "oil ate produced, you have only to turn aside into one of the many mills to see that instead of steam the patient aumd is used to turn .the mill whose stones, crush the. ; gnlih' or "bruise 'the berries or seeds fromwhich different oils are extracted, .-gome will say, primitive, indeed; but the Damascene's reply would be that it is' effective and 'lnexpensive-; and, where time is of little .object, these are important items. 4

Views From a Minaret. * r , * But the sight's of Damascus are not all on the streets. For a good view us .tiie city itself one must get the fafSr of a minaret keeper, and have his permission to climb to the gallery of tiie minaret and from there look out over tiie roofs, courts, .towers, and streets of the city below. Be it said to the credit of the Damascene that,, although he is a faithful follower"of tiie "desert prophet,” the fanaticism so often exhibited by Mohammedans is absent in-him. An’ interesting outlook of the city is obtained from a minaret near the west end of “the street called Straight.” From this position one immediately appreciates how well ttyat ancient thoroughfare deserves Its . name, for it runs in a direct line across tiie city from west to ea’st for about one and a half miles. This street, which is roofed in, still bears tiie same name as in the days of the Apostle Paul. Tiie principal attraction of tiie city is tiie, great mosque, which is located, in the heart of the busy capital and can onTy be reached through one of its many populous streets. . This spa-, ■clous resort for worship was rebuilt, -va.rJx )tt the' Twentieth century, the funds being contfih’u’tdd from alt parts of the Jb sieni world, for in 4333 thp edifice had been almost entirety .de : strayed by fire. .

The mosque has - had'a varied .experience, light g at one time a heathen tempje. then a Christian church, thenheld jointly by the 'Mohammedans and c'liristiiuis.. and used as church and ; mosque at' 'tliCSiune 1 tliiie; but since i the Kigh.tJi century the Mohammedans have had the sole use of it for thefr own purposes. In the mosqde_ is._the_reputed tomb Baptist’s head, a shrine respected alike by_Moliammedans and Christians. The local tradition savs that after the execution of the Messlalils . foyenmner his head was sent to Damascus, then the captfal^of• UVS . district over-which Ilerod had Jurisdiction. so that his superior—oflieer might see that the deed tuuN&eatl; . f?H <lbPf I l rt<l rfl/flliVif) disposed of. When the Saracen contiueror ' Khatld; captured Damascus and was search Ipg the church for treasure,, he came across this revered relic and caused it to be 'interred and covcr.ed_Uy.-a fine structure.

seal does. They become so desperate When chased that ttie natives say they sometimes Jam themselves into' crevices of the rocks beneath the ocean, never to rise. The -orthodox Alaskan way of hunting them Is by the ‘’spear surround,” when many hunters In canoes form a great circle around the spot In the sea where an otter has been seen, wait for It to rise (which It must do. for air, within half an hour), then frighten it under so quickly, every time lr shows Its head, that at last It. drowns. —

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RAINEY A HERO. SYNOPSIS. —Loitering on the San FTiincleeo water front. John Buß ney, newspaper reporter, is accosted by a giant blind man, who asks Rainey to lead him Aboard the sealing schooner Karluk. Tile blind man tells Barney lie is an (bid shipmate of Captain Simms. In the cabin they, find Captain Simms and a man named ('arisen. Simms recognises'the blind man, calling him Jim. Bund. Bund accuses Simms of abandoning him, blind, on an ice floe, and denounces him. Simms denies the charge, but Bund refuses to -be pacified. He declares his intention of accompanying the Karluk on its expedition north, where It is going in u.uest of a gold field which Bund has discovered. Peggy, Simms’ daughter, is aboard, and defends her father. Carisen, who is a physician, drugs .Rainey. Awaking from his stupor, Rainey finds himself at sea. Cartsen informs him ' he has lieen kidnaped. He offers Rainey a share of the gold, and Rainey is forced to declare himself satisfied. Bund gives him a brief account of a former expedition of the Kuril! k tells him he distrusts Carisen, and suggests a “partnership," Rainey to act as Bund’s "eyes." Rainey is made second'mate. Captain Simms is iil and . the , navigation is entirely in the hands of Carisen. At the latter’s suggestion a shooting match is staged’between the ■seal hunters, then Carisen tells them there is no more ammunition" to be found.

CHAPTER 111—Continued. N Rniney gave over tlx 1 spokes and (vent to the starboard rail with Lund, watching the preparations between fore and main hqasts fur the competition;' and telling Ltmd: what was happening. Carisen gave out some shotgun cartridges from cardboard boxes, twdlve to each of tiie six hunters. Sandy, the roustabout, had been requisitioned .to toss up empty bottles, and those who failed cursed him for a poor thrower. A hunter named Doming made*.no misses, and secured first prize of ten dollars in gold, with a man named Beale scoring two be-’ iiind him, and getting half that' amount from (“arisen. Then came the test with the rifles. The weapons wore all of tiie same caliber, well oiled, and in perfect ron<fltion. Each of the hunters had a few shells In his possession,, but they lacked the total of six dozen by n considerable margin. Carisen went below for the necessary ammunition while.tfie target was completed and set in place. A keg had Hern rlggi.-'l .with a w eight unweir ■ slung to keep it upright, aipi 'a tin can, painted white, set on a short spar hi one end of tile keg. *A light line was attached to a bridle, and the mark lowered over the'stern, where it ri“)c, bobbing in the tail of the schooner's wake, thirty-fathoms from the- taffrali where, the crowd gathered.

More bullets hit the keg than the can, and Carisen was often called upon as umpire. Btit the tin gradually became fagged and" blotched where the steel-jacketed missiles tore through. Beale anil Defiling both had live clean, undisputed hits! tying for first prize. Ileale offered to shoot it off with six more shells apiece, and Doming consented. “Can’t be" done,” declared Carlson. “Not right now; anyway. 1 gave out fFie last shell tljere was in the magazine.” —“c ' - “Domed funny,” said Doming, ,“a sealer shy on cartridges 1 Lucky we ain’t wofryin’ about thet sort of a cargo,” ...-.■„. . * < *

“Probably —plenty aboard —somewhere.” said Carisen, "but . I don’t know where they are. ®T*oti boys bav'o got The .beaten 'on rifles, and shotguns," lie went: .oh, producing from ids hip -pocket a tint, effective-looking auto- - mntic pistol of heavy caliber, “HoYv are you on small arms?” The hunters- shook their heads dubiously. ', v /‘Never use ’em,”, said -Doming. ■ "Never.could do much with that kind, ennyhow. Give me a revolver*-arf I might make, out to hit a whale, if he was close enough, but not with one q’ j them.” ~ ■ . “Not much difference.” said Carlsop, “Any of you got rev.olve*s?" • no one spoke. It was against’ the unwritten Iflws of a vessel for plstpls to be Owned fWvvard of the main callin', Beale finally entered for the rest.

“Kury'a prstnl. sir.'' “Then.” 'said Carlsi n, “I’ll give you an exhibition myself. Any bottles .left? Beale, will you toss them for me.’’, _ . There were eight shots lu the automatic, ami (’arisen smashed seven -V>ttics-ln midair. —The hunters shouted their Appreciation. "Break ■ -Lund asked 1 tainey •Emry-lrott)cs left t dll?" He walked toward the, tafPrall, addressing (’arisen. "Kin you shoot by stand as well ns by sight. 1 me?"- heyflh llctrgcfh" “I'fancy not,” said (.’arisen. “If I had my eyes I'd snapshot ye for a hundred bucks,” said Lund. "As it is. I might target one or two. Rainey, have some sine run a line, 1 1 end-high, aI h fix a bottle on ’it, will ye? I ain't got a gun o’ my own. Doc,” lie continued, “will you lend me vours?” Carl sen filled his clip and Lttnd turned toward Rainey, yvho was rigging the target. “I'll want you to tap It with a -stlekg’-he-fiHld. “Slghal-dag stall'll do fine,” Rainey got the slender bamboo nnd stood hjv I.uml felt Tor. the cord, ptijsed: his fingers over the suspended bottle nnd stepped>jff five paces, hefting the automatic to. judge Its balance. , B/ilney tapped the bottle on the uck and U gave out u little tinkler

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1 lost Immediately In tiie crash of splintering glass us the bottle,,hit fairly in ' the torn label, broke In half. “Hmv much left?" irsketF Lund, j “Half? Teteii It up.” Again he flretl anti again the bnltet | found the mark, leaving only the neck l of the bottle still bunging. Lund i grinned. “Tiict’s all," he said. “Jest wanted I so show ye what a blind man can do, if lie’s put to it.” Tlierc was little applause. Carisen ; took Ills gun in silence and-moved forj ward with the .hunters and tiie onI lookers, disappearing below. “(liven ’em something to ta'k ! about,” chuckled Lund. “Carisen i wanted to show off his fancy shootln'. YVal. I’ve shown ’em I ain't entirely wrecked, if I ain’t enrryin’ lights. An’ >1 slipped niore’u one over .on Cfarlsen j at that.” Rainey did not entch his entire j meaning and said nothing, j "Dili you getwise to il.c. play about j the -shells?" asked Lund. "A smart j trick, though Demlng almost tumbled, j Carisen got those dumb fools of huntj ers to fire away every shell they hapi pened to have for’ard. If tiie magaj zine's empty, I'll bet Carisen knows ■where tliey’s plenty more shells,-if we | ever needed ’em bad. Bat now those j rifles an’ shotguns ain’t no more use I than so many clubs —not to the hunters. An’ he’s found out they ain’t got enny pistols. He's got one, an' shows ’em how straight he shoots, jest In case there should be enny trouble between 'em. Plays both ends to the middle, does Cariseb. Slick! But lie ain't won the pot. They's a joker In this game. Mehbe he ho’ds ii. mebbfe not." He nodded mysteriously, well pleased with himself. CHAPTER IV. The Bowhead. Captain Simms appeared again in the cabin and on deck, but he was not Hie same man. His illness seemed to have robbed him permanently of what was left him of the spring of manhood. It waams If his juices had been sucked from his veins and arteries and tissues,-' leaving him flabby, irresolute, compared to, his former seif. Even as Lund shadowed Bainey, so Simms shadowed Carisen,

Sometimes the girl would come up on deck in her own waterproofs and stand against the roll. And presently (’arisen would eome from below or forward and stand to talk with her until she was tired df the deck. They did not seem tiftieh like lovers. Rainey fancied. They lacked the little intimacies that he. though he made, himself somewhat of an automaton at the wheel,-could not have failed s o see. If the . girl slipped, Carlsen’s hand would catch and steady her by 'the arm; never go about her waist. Amt~ there- vvus no- ,-speelal look of welcome In her face w/ien the doctor came to her. Carlson seldom took over the wheel. Rainey did more than his .share from sheer love of feeling the control. But one day, at a word from the girl, Carlsen and she came up to Rainey us ae handled the spokes. “I’ll take the wheel a while, Rainqy,” Said the doctor. Rainey gave it up and went amidships. Out of the t: il of his eye he could see that the girl wns pleading to handle the ship, and that Carlson was going so let her do so, Rainey shrugged •Ms shoulders: ; If was.Carlsen’s risk.~*-!t was no child’s play in that weather, to steer prop-

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The Sea Struck the Opposite Rail With a Roar. - erly. It took not oply strength, but watchfiltness and experience to hold tlm Course in the welter of cross-seas. Lund and Rainey Stood together by The Weather-rui!.t -It was still Rainey’s deck watch, and at nny moment Carlpen might relinquish the wheel back to' him as soon as the girl got tired. Suddenly shout's -sounded from forward, a medley of them. Indistinct against, the quartering wind. Sandy, tin: roustabout, came (lashing aft along the sloping deck, catching clumsily at mil and rope to steady himself, flushed with excitement, al-. most hysterical wTtbfiis news. ? ~ “A bowhead, sir I” he cried When he saw Itnlney. ‘‘And killers after him! Slowin' dead nhetrd 1” Beyond the bows Rainey could see

nothing of tiie whale, that must have sounded In fear of the killers, but he saw half n dozen scythelike, Mack fins cutting the water in streaks of foam, nit abreast, their high dorsals waving, wolveji of the sea, hunting for tin- gray bowhead whale, to force Its mouth open ami feast on the delicacy of Its living tongue. ' So Lund told him In swift sentences while they waited for the whale to broach. Rainey, glanced aft. Sandy had Carried his warning to Carisen and the girl, and now was craning over tiie lee rail, kneedeep in the wash, trying to see something of the combat. Peggy- Simms’ lithe figure was leaning to one side as she, too, gazed ahead, though she still paid attention to her steering and held the schooner well up, her face hriglit with excitement, wet with flying brine, wisps of yellow hair streaming free in the wind from beneath the close grip of her woolen red tam-o’-shanter. "81-o-owsT’ started the deep voice of a lookout, from where sailors and hunters had grouped In the bows to witness this gladiatorial combat between sea monsters, staged fittingly in a sea that was running wild. “81-o-owsThe deep voice almost leaped an octave In a sudden shrill of apprehension. Others voices mingled witli his in a clamor of dismay. “Look out ! Oh, look out I Dead ahead!” > The enormous bulk of the whale had appeared, not t spout, hut to lie | beliy up, rockiiig on the surface with j fins outspread, paralyzed with terror, j directly in the course of the Karluk, | while toward it, intent only on their | blood lust, leaped the killers, thrust- | lag at its head as the schooner surged down. In that tremendous sea the impact would be certain! to mean the staving In of something forward, perhaps the springing of a butt. “Hard a lee!” yelled Rainey. “Up with her! Up!” Forward, the men jumped to handle the heailsails. The Karluk started to spin about on its keel, instinct to the changing plane of the rudder. But the. waves were running tremendously high, and the wind blowing with great force, the water rolling in great mountains of sickly greenisli gray, topped with foam that blow In a level scud. As the schooner lmng In a deep trpugii, the wind struck at her, hows on. Rainey saw one huge billow rising, curving, high ns the gaff of Jjte main, it seemed to him, as he grasped at the. coil of the main halyards. Down came the tons of' waTerT’'Booming “on the deck that bent under the Mow. spilling . lir~a great cataract that swashed across the deck. ~. His feet were swept from under him, for a moment he seemed to swing horizontal in the stream, clutching at the halyards. The sea struck the opposite rail with a roar that threatened to tear it away, filling up and. then seething overboard. YY’ith it went a figure. Rainey caught sight of a ghastly face, a mouth that shouted vainly for help in tiie pandemonium, and wits instantly stoppered with strangling brine, popeyes appealing in awful fright ns Sandy was washed away in the cascade. The halyards were held on the pltEWith a turn and twist that Rainey swiftly loosened, lifting* the coll free, making a fast loop, and thrusting head and arms through It as he flung himself after, the roustabout. A great bulk wallowod just before him the helpless body of the bowhead whale, tiie killers darting in a mad melee for its hend. Then a figure was literally burled hpon the slippery mass of the mammal, its, gray body I plain Jji Hie welter, a living raft against which the waves broke and tossed their spray. Clawing frantically, Sandy clutched at the base of the enormous pectoralfin, clinging with ifmnlncul strength, mad’ with fflar. Striking out to Htt-e purpose., save to help Buoy himself blinded by tin" (lying scud and broken crests, Rniney felt himself uprenred, swept on and jdammed against the slimy hulk,* just dost, enough to. Sandy to grasp him bj- th“ j collar, as the whale, stung by n klller’s tearing at ils oily tongue, Hailed with its fin afiiT the two Os . them slid I down Its hotly, deep under water. Rniney fought against' the kuffocai tion, and the fierce desire.to gasp and’ j relit*.e his tortured "lungs.’ The lad’s . weight, seemed to be ..carry ine. Min , down as if he was a thing of lend, bat Bainey would not relax his grip. He could not. He hail centered all his energy upon the desire to save .Sandy, | and Ids nyrvo centers were, stilt ■ to Jluft'dast conscious demand.

The Knrluk was into the wind and they yvertrln what little lee there was, ’'dragging aft at the end of the halyards. being .fetched in. toward tno ■ rail bv the niightv tugs of Lund,. a weird sight to Rainey’s smarting eyes ‘ns ho caught sight of the giant, with red hair uncovered, hbr beard whipy ping in the wind? Ills black glasses' still In place, making some sort of a blessed monster out of him. Itainey had his left fist welded to the line, his right yvas set lh- Sandy’s collar, and Sandy's denth clutch had twined ltseif into, Rainey's oilskins, though the lad yyas limp, and his face, seen through the watery film that streamed over It, set and White;* I A dozen arms shot down to grasp him. He felt the Iron grip of Lund upon bis left forearm, almost wrenching bis arm from Its socket as he was lnhauled, caught at by body and legs and deposited on the deck of the scjftoojner, that almost instkntly commenced to go about upon Its former course. ■ Lund bent over him, asking him with a note that Rainey, for all his

| exhaustion, interpreted us one of real anxiety: “How is it with you, mutey? Did ye git lunged up?" Rainey managed to shake his head and, with Lund's houghlike arm for support, got to his feet, winded, shaken, nelilng from his pounding nod the crash against the whale. Sandy was lying face down, one hunter kneeling across him, kneading Ills ribs to bellows action, lifting' his upper body in time to the pressure, while another worked his slack arms ap and down. “That was splendid, Mr. Rainey! YVonderful! It was brave of you!” Peggy Simms stood before Rainey, clinging to tiie mainstays, a different girl to the one that he had known. Her red lips were apart, showing tiie clean shine of her teeth, above her glowing cheeks her gray eyes sparkled with friendly admiration, one slender wet hand was held out eagerly toward him. • ’ ’ "YYTiy,” said Rainey, in that embarrassment that comes when one knows lie has done well, yet instinctively

“That Was Splendid, Mr. Rainey 1 Wonderful! It was Brave of You I” ' seeks to disclaim honors, “any one would have done that. I happened to be the only one to see it.” ‘!l’m not so sure of that.” repHed ( tlie gitl),. and Rainey thought her -lip curled contemptuously us she glanced toward -farisen at the whcoi. Yet tiiirisen,~he fancied, had full excuse: for not having made the attempt; busied as he had been adding needed strengtli to the wheel. "Oh, it was not what he did, oi failed to do," said the girl, and this time there was no mistaking, the fact that she emphasized her voice with contempt And made sure that it would carry to Carisen. “He said It wasn’t worth while.”

Sandy forecat a long program of trouble.

(TO BE CONTINUED.) OSMIRIDIUM ONE OF HARDEST Metal Is Employed in Tipping of Four tain Pens and for Delicate Machinery Bearings. An interesting history attaches to a small packet about two and a half inches square which recently arrived in London.. It weighed two and a half* pounds and was eagerly bought by an American . firm for about SO,OOO. The packet contained osmlridium (osmium and ltsn alloy, iridium), used for the tipping of fountain pen points and for delicate bearings of fine machinery. The discovery of osrairidlum, which 4s -s member of the .platinum group Os metals, constitutes bn interesting romance, the Detroit , News states. Toward the endof the last year a small group of prospectors were washing for” gold in one of the river beds lit Papuu, British New Guinea. In- their eagerness .to find the precious metal they threw away from their pans a bluishgrayl flaxy substance ns worthless. Tfaia was osmlridium, and it is eight times more valuable than gold and worth at the present time atput $-00 an ounce. When the. men got back to the settlement they mentioned the occurrence to a mining engineer, who immediately asked them what they did with the substance. They replied that they foff it. on the river bank, and the engineer exclaimed, "it must be osmiridium."

The next morning the whole party started for the spot, only jo. find on their arrived that ,the tropical rains and the swollen river had washed away most of the precious-stuff. What remained was carefully raked together, refined and dispatched to London, where It arrived safely a short while "ago, having been heuvlly insured for the voyage. Osmlridlum Is one of the hardest metals known and prospectors are eagerly searching for It In I’upua. ' - -JSfcInsects aa Human Food. , Severn? kinds of Insects were eotin by the ancient Hebrews, Greeks jind Romans. Fabre, the French entomologist, once tried a dish of eooketb cicadas, but found them unpalatable^

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